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Speakers

Thomas LeBlanc

Employers on the program

  1. 2019–2026SHI International Corp17 talks
  2. 2023Data on the Geaux1 talk

The year around now

Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.

Held in the past 12 months Next 12 months Today, Nov 10, 2026

Appearances by year

201920202021202220232024202520262027
  • Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360
  • SQLSaturday
  • DATACON Seattle
  • Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)

Talks

DateEventConferenceRoleTitleLinks
Nov 15, 2026Live! 360 Tech Con Orlando 2026 (incl. Visual Studio Live!)Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360speakerEnhancing Power BI with Copilot
as SHI International Corp.
Nov 15, 2026Live! 360 Tech Con Orlando 2026 (incl. Visual Studio Live!)Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360speakerUpgrading Skills from DataFlows to Notebooks
as SHI International Corp.
Aug 24, 2026DATACON Seattle 2026 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON)DATACON SeattlespeakerAsk the Experts -2
Stop by the Ask the Experts booth in the Expo Hall to engage in one-on-one conversations with subject matter experts - our speakers! Participants can sit down…Show less

Stop by the Ask the Experts booth in the Expo Hall to engage in one-on-one conversations with subject matter experts - our speakers! Participants can sit down with an expert and receive immediate answers or feedback to their questions on a specific topic of interest.

Aug 24, 2026DATACON Seattle 2026 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON)DATACON SeattlespeakerFaster Power BI Reports
This session will review the areas of performance problems and helpful tools. From data refreshes to model calculations and visual rendering to data model…Show less

This session will review the areas of performance problems and helpful tools. From data refreshes to model calculations and visual rendering to data model design, performance tuning is vital to keep the attention of a report user.

Aug 24, 2026DATACON Seattle 2026 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON)DATACON SeattlespeakerIns and Outs of Fabric Monitoring
Have you ever asked the question 'What is Fabric doing with resources and how do I measure these things?" Well, this session is for you. We are first going to…Show less

Have you ever asked the question 'What is Fabric doing with resources and how do I measure these things?" Well, this session is for you. We are first going to explain the current way to measure usage in the Fabric environment.

Aug 24, 2026DATACON Seattle 2026 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON)DATACON SeattleworkshopMoving from Dataflows to Notebooks
The session shows an analyst how to use notebooks to perform the same actions as Dataflow Gen2. Looking at 4 areas: source, transformation, cleansing, and…Show less

The session shows an analyst how to use notebooks to perform the same actions as Dataflow Gen2. Looking at 4 areas: source, transformation, cleansing, and destination, examples include append/merge query to dataframe joins, text replace functionality, split and concatenate columns, as well as pivot/unpivot, data type…

May 2, 2026Day of Data Jacksonville #1128SQLSaturday—Making Power BI Run Faster!!!
This session will review the areas of performance problems and helpful tools. From data refreshes to model calculations and visual rendering to data model…Show less

This session will review the areas of performance problems and helpful tools. From data refreshes to model calculations and visual rendering to data model design, performance tuning is vital to keep the attention of a report user.

Mar 16, 2026FABCON & SQLCON 2026 (Microsoft Fabric Community Conference + SQLCON), AtlantaMicrosoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)speakerTransition from Data Analyst to Data Engineer: Upgrading Skills from DataFlows Gen2 to Notebooks
as SHI
The session shows an analyst how to use notebooks to perform the same actions as Dataflow Gen2. Looking at 4 areas: source, transformation, cleansing, and…Show less

The session shows an analyst how to use notebooks to perform the same actions as Dataflow Gen2. Looking at 4 areas: source, transformation, cleansing, and destination, examples include append/merge query to dataframe joins, text replace functionality, split and concatenate columns, as well as pivot/unpivot, data type changes, and removing duplicates.

Aug 5, 2024Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2024Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360speakerThe End Game: Lakehouse in Fabric
as SHI International Corp.
Aug 5, 2024Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2024Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360speakerWhat is Fabric?
as SHI International Corp.
Apr 29, 2024Visual Studio Live! Chicago 2024Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360speakerFaster Power BI Reports
as SHI International Corp.
Apr 29, 2024Visual Studio Live! Chicago 2024Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360speakerPower BI: AI and ML
as SHI International Corp.
Jul 29, 2023SQLSaturday Baton Rouge #1060SQLSaturday—Performance Tuning Power BI
as Data on the Geaux
This session will review the areas of performance problems and helpful tools. From data refreshes to model calculations and visual rendering to data model…Show less

This session will review the areas of performance problems and helpful tools. From data refreshes to model calculations and visual rendering to data model design, performance tuning is vital to keep the attention of a report user.

Nov 13, 2022Live! 360 Orlando 2022 (incl. Visual Studio Live!)Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360speakerPerformance Tuning Power BI
as SHI International Corp.
Nov 13, 2022Live! 360 Orlando 2022 (incl. Visual Studio Live!)Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360speakerUsing Azure Synapse with Azure Data Lake
as SHI International Corp.
Nov 15, 2021Live! 360 Orlando 2021 (incl. Visual Studio Live!)Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360speakerFast Focus: The Four Flavors of Power BI
as SHI International Corp.
Nov 15, 2021Live! 360 Orlando 2021 (incl. Visual Studio Live!)Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360speakerPower BI, AI, and ML
as SHI International Corp.
Nov 15, 2021Live! 360 Orlando 2021 (incl. Visual Studio Live!)Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360speakerTime Intelligence in Power BI
as SHI International Corp.
Nov 17, 2019Live! 360 Orlando 2019 (incl. Visual Studio Live!)Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360speakerPower BI Implementation Guidance: from Pro to Premium and Desktop to Embedded
as SHI International Corp.
Nov 17, 2019Live! 360 Orlando 2019 (incl. Visual Studio Live!)Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360speakerWhat's New in SQL Server 2019 for Analytics
as SHI International Corp.
Sep 29, 2019Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2019Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360speakerEffective Visualizations with Power BI
as SHI International Corp.
Sep 29, 2019Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2019Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360speakerFast Focus: The Four Flavors of Power BI
as SHI International Corp.
Sep 29, 2019Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2019Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360speakerTransition from SSIS to Azure Data Factory
as SHI International Corp.
Jun 1, 2019SQLSaturday Dallas #841SQLSaturday—Execution Plans for Performance Tuning SQL Server 2017
Performance Tuning starts with looking at a plan SQL Server internally uses to execute T-SQL. There are many parts to the plan as well as additional options for…Show less

Performance Tuning starts with looking at a plan SQL Server internally uses to execute T-SQL. There are many parts to the plan as well as additional options for performance tuning.

Frequent co-speakers

SpeakerShared eventsShared talksLast together
Bob Ward7—2026
Ginger Grant7—2026
Kevin Feasel7—2026
Bradley Ball6—2026
Leonard Lobel6—2026
Andrew Brust5—2026
Denny Cherry5—2026
Josh Luedeman5—2026
Karen Lopez5—2026
Philip Japikse5—2024
Prashant G Bhoyar412026
Allan Hirt4—2026
Andreas Erben4—2026
Bradley Schacht4—2026
Buck Woody4—2026

Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.